Can you recomend a good free serial communication monitor/terminal for WinXP?

Hello,

I am looking for a software program mentioned in the topic of this message. I want to connect two PCs (one of them is running a developed embeded software talking to the outside world through RS232, while the second PC monitors the output from that first PC using null-modem). I googled this subject before, but it returns mostly shareware/trial/ demo programs. The freeware products I foyund are not that convenient after I tried them. I am sure there should be some good monitors widely used for debugging

Thanks in advance.

Best, Alex

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On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 01:45:06 -0800 (PST), I said, "Pick a card, any card" and Alex instead replied:

Have you tried Telnet?

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Here's PuTTY, a free version of a Telnet client:

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Ray Haddad

I use TeraTerm as my general-purpose terminal software. Do you need to monitor both directions of communication?

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larwe

If you need to monitor both directions, you could look at RealTerm - it can mix the data from two ports for just such a situation (otherwise try TeraTerm first, since it is simpler to use).

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David Brown

like hyperterm? (microsoft junk included in windows)

there's also kermit

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AZ Nomad

Junk, of course. But it is always available. BTW, hyperterm is NOT from M$. (c) Hilgraeve Communications.

VLV

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Vladimir Vassilevsky

Not available on Vista. If you care..

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-Giacomo-

Nit - yes it is. MS bought the distribution rights or something. It is included on their CDs.

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CBFalconer

How stupid. Microsoft could have simply said that they won't support it and included it anyway. I guess having room for dancing search bunnies was more important.

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AZ Nomad

it and

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Lots of crippleware for this out there. I've found nothing that is free = that works for XP. Only one I've seen that works and is totally free is rs232107.zip. But = its dos based. Its in lots of places. This site might work.

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Moon Shine

Thank god. I wish it had never been included. Then I wouldn't have had to waste so much time proving to people that what they thought were bugs in my stuff were really bugs in hyperterm.

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Grant Edwards

works for XP.

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Pete Bergstrom

Try our mttty download

Works on XP and vista.

Goto our home page ...

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click on the support menu then the public downloads item....

Its the bottom item in the box of things to download.

(I've asked out web guy to also upload our UDP terminal app so it should be in the same place in the next day or so.)

Paul CTO NetBurner

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pbreed

But the Update came from Hilgraeve.

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Yet another possibility is PuTTY, which provides serial terminal in addition to telnet/ssh.

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Brian

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Brian Gaughan

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pbreed

Many stuffs are available related to your requirement. Checkout, Teraterma and realterm .

Karthik Balaguru

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